EMF Research Explores Methylene Blue for Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a continuing series highlighting researchers sponsored by the Emergency…
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EMF Research Explores Methylene Blue for Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a continuing series highlighting researchers sponsored by the Emergency... -
Facts About the Opium Poppy
Click here for question. Answer As an opioid, Papaver somniferum and its derivatives cause miosis. Background The... -
What Is This Dreamy Flower’s Dangerous Secret?
Question Does this toxin cause miosis or mydriasis? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack (Oleander Photography) is...
Facts About the Opium Poppy
Click here for question. Answer As an opioid, Papaver somniferum and its derivatives cause miosis. Background The…
What Is This Dreamy Flower’s Dangerous Secret?
Question Does this toxin cause miosis or mydriasis? Click here for answer. Dr. Hack (Oleander Photography) is…
Why Herbal Tea Made with Jimsonweed Is Dangerous Brew
Answer: Anticholinergic toxicity—this brew can be eye-opening. Toxins Atropine, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, and scopolamine. All are belladonna alkaloids…
What Do You Know About Jimsonweed?
Question: What will this beautiful plant yield when used for an herbal tea? Click here for the…
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Is Rare but Serious Complication of E. Coli Infection
The Case A 3-year-old boy with watery diarrhea for the past three days as well as vomiting…
What Do You Know about Foxglove?
Questions: What is the mechanism by which this flower’s chemicals exert effects on the heart? What ECG…
Foxglove Flower Is Pretty, but Deadly
Take the quiz. Toxins/Compound Digitoxin and digoxin are cardiac glycosides that bind to the sodium-potassium-ATPase channel to…
ACEP Clinical Policy on Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In October 2016, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy on the evaluation and management…
Zoanthid Corals in Home Aquariums Present Risk of Lower Extremity Weakness
Zoanthid corals are commonly kept in home aquariums. They produce a potent palytoxin that has various neurologic…